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When I’m wearing my teaching/training hat, I’m known to say, “when you go back for rework, you just forfeited your profit.” But recently, an owner required one of my polisher/clients to do some rework on a polishing job. Consequently, during our conversation, I saw another angle. I had thought of […]
Getting a college degree was a difficult process for me. While academics weren’t my strongest suit, I knew there were answers to making a good living hiding in those textbooks. There were also some answers behind what the professor was preaching to me from a podium in the classroom. Mom […]
Contractors can benefit by shifting to construction data analytics platforms. However, beautiful charts, graphs and animations mean nothing if the underlying data is full of holes, writes Bruce Orr, Chief Data Scientist of ProNovos, in a new post at aec-business.com.
Not getting paid is every contractor’s worst nightmare. Most will agree, there’s nothing more frustrating than not getting paid the amount you duly earned. Check out this Concrete Contractor’s Guide to Getting Paid, and you will ensure you are covered in all circumstances. There are plenty of reasons why some […]
There are a lot of questions that don’t always have easy answers. Fortunately, plenty of people have headed out in different directions within the concrete industry and found the journey has taken them to a pretty good place.
To be your best doesn’t mean you have to always do the most difficult concrete projects. It simply means you do your best work on every concrete project.
The search for efficiency in terms of labor, materials and timelines has come with the territory in the construction industry from the moment someone first made a brick out of mud and then wondered if there was a better way.
While on mobile phones, concrete contractors should conduct themselves professionally to make a good impression wherever they may be.
As high school students, most of us were encouraged to join a variety of extracurricular activities to build our resumes and make us more well-rounded people. As adults and business owners, joining an association, as well as attending conferences and trade shows, can have some of these same advantages, but they can also help grow your business.
We’ve all had the phone call with a client where he lets you down gently, saying thanks, but some other contractor came in with a lower number. Sometimes it’s best to just write off those lost jobs, but how do you get the jobs you really want without having to be the lowest price?
